CSE 230 exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Encompasses those aspects of a computing system that are visible or important to the
programmer - CORRECT ANSWER computer architecture
Assembly language instructions that can be executed by the processor - CORRECT
ANSWER instruction set
Storage within the processor - CORRECT ANSWER CPU registers
Signed and unsigned integers, characters, real numbers, etc; sizes - CORRECT
ANSWER data representation
Memory mapped (devices accessed by reading and writing memory), ports (special instructions)
- CORRECT ANSWER I/O
Where does data come from and where does data go when instructions are executed - CORRECT
ANSWER instruction addressing modes
Encompasses how to design and build the hardware to implement the architecture - CORRECT
ANSWER computer organization
Which comes first: computer architecture or computer organization? - CORRECT
ANSWER architecture
Can we run programs designed for preceding generations of the architecture - CORRECT
ANSWER backward compatibility
Binary encoding of instructions and data - CORRECT ANSWER machine language
, Symbolic representation of instructions that maps directly to the architecture of the machine -
CORRECT ANSWER assembly language
Instruction set architecture is _____ to each architectural version of a microprocessor. -
CORRECT ANSWER specific
A tool that translates assembly language into machine language - CORRECT
ANSWER assembler
Allows us to write code that is closer to the problem domain - CORRECT
ANSWER productivity
Source code can be modified as required and recompiled to run on a different machine -
CORRECT ANSWER portability
Translates HLL code into assembly language code or directly to machine language - CORRECT
ANSWER compiler
What are the five classic components of all computer systems? - CORRECT ANSWER input
devices, output devices, storage, datapath, control
Is primary memory volatile? - CORRECT ANSWER yes
Is secondary memory volatile? - CORRECT ANSWER no
Hardware component that manipulates bits to execute instructions - CORRECT
ANSWER datapath
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Encompasses those aspects of a computing system that are visible or important to the
programmer - CORRECT ANSWER computer architecture
Assembly language instructions that can be executed by the processor - CORRECT
ANSWER instruction set
Storage within the processor - CORRECT ANSWER CPU registers
Signed and unsigned integers, characters, real numbers, etc; sizes - CORRECT
ANSWER data representation
Memory mapped (devices accessed by reading and writing memory), ports (special instructions)
- CORRECT ANSWER I/O
Where does data come from and where does data go when instructions are executed - CORRECT
ANSWER instruction addressing modes
Encompasses how to design and build the hardware to implement the architecture - CORRECT
ANSWER computer organization
Which comes first: computer architecture or computer organization? - CORRECT
ANSWER architecture
Can we run programs designed for preceding generations of the architecture - CORRECT
ANSWER backward compatibility
Binary encoding of instructions and data - CORRECT ANSWER machine language
, Symbolic representation of instructions that maps directly to the architecture of the machine -
CORRECT ANSWER assembly language
Instruction set architecture is _____ to each architectural version of a microprocessor. -
CORRECT ANSWER specific
A tool that translates assembly language into machine language - CORRECT
ANSWER assembler
Allows us to write code that is closer to the problem domain - CORRECT
ANSWER productivity
Source code can be modified as required and recompiled to run on a different machine -
CORRECT ANSWER portability
Translates HLL code into assembly language code or directly to machine language - CORRECT
ANSWER compiler
What are the five classic components of all computer systems? - CORRECT ANSWER input
devices, output devices, storage, datapath, control
Is primary memory volatile? - CORRECT ANSWER yes
Is secondary memory volatile? - CORRECT ANSWER no
Hardware component that manipulates bits to execute instructions - CORRECT
ANSWER datapath
